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By the end of the year. >> by hook or by crook? >> thats where they are right now. they have to get this done. and it is more important and lets not kid ourselves, any nominee donald trump puts up is going to match his base popularity. pretty much close to it. so if its not kavanagh and its someone else. im willing to bet that theyre going to have really low approval numbers too. and thats unfortunately the way this process is going to go, probably for a very long time, whether it be a team -- >...

There is really nothing that the democrats can do about it. >> so to your point, if there is nothing they can do about it they at least want the fight so lets get to that. cory booker a democratic senator of new jersey announced at the iowa democratic party and you can connect the dots. at one point he called this a different moment. >> knowingly violated the rules that put forth. i understand the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. i say im knowingly violated the rules. >> how...

Theres now a serious staffing problem at the white house. not only is don mcgahn leaving, but there are several other members of the white house counsels office who are also leaving their positions. these are crucial roles. what could this mean for the business of government that there are going to be so many vacancies in white house counsels office? >> you are absolutely correct to point out this is going to be a major change at the white house. its not just mcgahn. its the people that were wor...

They use cooperators all the time. the defense attorneys say they are liars and terrible people and the government chose these people. the prosecutors said we didnt choose the witnesses. paul manafort chose the witnesses in this case. hes the one who was partners with rick gates and hes the who was working with these foreign hes telling you what they did together. >> its the argument some are making. >> i was thinking the same thing. exactly. suddenly shes so terrible. at least donald trump does...

Russia investigation. that was something that was supposed to be barred from this courtroom. there was supposed to be no mention of the russia collusion investigation or any real mention of president trump. so the judge instructed the jury, they said the judge said disregard what the defense team has told you about this. do not pay attention to this theory that the defense team has put out there. so really, the defense team had a very aggressive closing argument here, really trying to go after t...

The defense team had a very aggressive closing argument trying to go after everything the prosecution put forth as well as rick gates himself. >> appreciate it. chief legal analyst and prosecutor jeffrey toobin. is there any chance paul manafort walks? >> i have been wrong before and i was wrong about the o.j. simpson case a couple of decades ago, but this case seems to be a slam dunk. to this day, i dont understand what the defense is in this case. i followed the whole case. the tax returns are...

. >> the fact that the defense didnt put any witnesses on the stand, they are not going to put manafort, but did it surprise you they didnt put anybody? >> its usually the case that the defendants put their case in through the cross-examination of the governments witnesses. it is also usually the case that defendants get convicted. especially in federal court and especially in the northern district of virginia and rocket docket where its a pro prosecution jury pool upwards of 90% get convicted. ...

Defendants get convicted. and in a case like this, i just dont see what choice the jury has. >> it does seem smart for the prosecution and sort of the obvious thing to do which is telling the jury put your faith in the documents. if you dont believe rick gates, fine, may be unreliable. the document alone are not. >> thats right. and especially in federal court, the prosecutors use cooperators all the time. and defense attorneys quite appropriately say theyre liar, theyre terrible people. the gov...

Yourself with. >> suddenly omarosa is so terrible. at least donald trump doesnt have to worry at this moment about a prosecution. >> but just in terms of manaforts legal troubles, they have no life after this. there is more. >> oh, yeah, a similar but somewhat different case is due just in a few weeks in the district of columbia in washington. i have my doubts about whether that case will actually go to trial. >> why? >> because i dont believe manafort has the resources or even the will to go th...

Therefore theres something else going on. who would have directed that? >> just to be clear, there is no justification under any circumstance for the white house to be putting out a video of an event that happened and altering it in any way whatsoever, whether its to their interest or not to their interest, theres only one version of this reality. >> exactly. >> question was asked and answer was proffered. that is the only version that our white house should be putting out on its youtube channel...